His comment surprised me because for years I’ve believed the open source dogma that contributions somehow qualified ...

You might think the only lessons to learn from the open-source environment are technical, but you'd be mistaken.

If a software product is successful enough, you'll probably be able to find a company building an open source alternative.

This is a curated list of free courses from reputable universities like MIT, Stanford, and Princeton that satisfy the same requirements as an undergraduate Computer Science degree, minus general ...